[Viva] Fwd: AIDS: 1 Dec at the OAS

[Denise Becker]

Well said, Margarite.
Denise


On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wishing you all a healthy and happy World AIDS Day. In spite of the
> Canadian government turning its back on the less fortunate by not passing
> Bill C-398 and in spite of the enormous injustices in the world, I am
> grateful we have the good health care we have and I am so grateful we have
> this community of poz women.
> Thank you all.....
>
> Margarite
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: MORE PEACE LESS AIDS <press at morepeacelessaids.org>
> Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:32 PM
> Subject: AIDS: 1 Dec at the OAS
> To: margaritesanchez at gmail.com
>
>
> **
>
> *1 December 2012, World AIDS Day.*
> More Peace Less Aids Foundation at the OAS
>
> By invitation of the OAS *Secretary General Mr. José Miguel Insulza,* the
> President of the *More Peace Less Aids (MPLA) Foundation* and former
> President of ICW Global, *Patricia Perez,* accompanied by the *Argentine
> Representative to the OAS Martín Gómez Bustillo*, presented the campaign
> MPLA in Washington D.C. to the *Plenary of the OAS Permanent Council.
> *Experts focused on the challenges in the protection of the human rights
> of women living with HIV and AIDS, the work that regional and international
> organizations are doing in this area and the policy recommendations to
> promote and protect their human rights.
> The organization’s *Secretary for External Relations, Ambassador Alfonso
> Quiñonez* inaugurated the meeting, moderated by the Executive Secretary
> of the Inter-American Commission of Women *(CIM), Ambassador Carmen
> Moreno. *The roundtable started with the presentation of the President of
> MPLA Foundation, Patricia Pérez, who said that the real issue underlying is
> not medical-scientific, but political, and called for putting the issue
> back on the international political agenda.
>
> In the morning session Perez called *"to install the issue of AIDS and
> human rights of women on the regional political agenda" and* acknowledged
> the support of the OAS, which was formalized after the intervention of
> several Permanent Representatives who assigned great importance to the
> topic of AIDS and human rights in the development of the countries of the
> hemisphere, *"I leave this house of the Americas with the emotion of
> knowing that I have been heard by political leaders who have demonstrated
> sensitivity to understand the relationship between peace and aids. With
> political leadership we have a great possibility to address the pandemic in
> the Americas using peace as a formidable instrument"* *Perez said.*
>
> At the table were addressed other challenges including poor access to
> antiretroviral medicine; lack of specific pediatric treatment formulas;
> discrimination; homophobia; and lack of respect for the freedom of choice
> of these women
> Meanwhile, the Regional Prevention Advisor of the HIV Project of the Pan
> American Health Organization *(PAHO), Sonja Caffe*, spoke about
> inequality in the countries of the hemisphere in terms of access to health
> care, and especially the importance of identifying the barriers that
> prevent promoting gender equality in the right to health.
> Finally, the Director of *Development Connections, Dinys Luciano,*remarked on the need to work on a comprehensive sex education and
> acknowledged some gaps in this regard, such as the low participation of
> these women in political decision-making spheres of the countries of the
> Americas, the lack of documentation and impunity.
>
>
> For the photo gallery of the event click here<http://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/sets/72157632127144364/>
> Official press release click here <http://oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=E-432/12>
> For more information, visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org
> To see the video click here <http://vimeo.com/54493454>
>
> *Contact: Sonia Velasquez.* Media director. *More Peace Less Aids
> Foundation* morepeacelessaids.org
>
>
>
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